In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of American democracy.

The purge came after an executive order by President Trump to eliminate all Diversity, Equality and Inclusion programs.

The cities of Selma and Montgomery will commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and ...

What those patriotic Americans showed us is that ours is a government of the people where everyday Americans can stand up and ...

Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in Florida’s capitol on Thursday to honor the life and legacy of Democratic state Sen. Geraldine Thompson.

There is no separate black path to power and fulfillment that does not intersect white roots.” While honoring Black History Month, Dr. King’s speech in Alexandria reminds us that our work is not done.

Board of Education decision, declaring segregation unconstitutional — to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, white Southerners escalated their campaign of intimidation and violence to ...

Before Civil Rights activist Dave Dennis participated and then helped plan Mississippi’s famous Summer of Freedom in 1964, the Shreveport native learned from local elders that spurred the movement ...

Today’s fight to vote does not yet call on us to show the physical bravery displayed by the heroes on the Edmund Pettus ...

This month, our nation remembers the heroes of Selma, Alabama.  Sixty years ago, they marched for voting rights, survived brutal beatings, and inspired the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Sixty years after the Bloody Sunday march in Selma Alabama, the contributions of Black women civil rights activists are still being acknowledged today.